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Polytela

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Noctuidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Glottulinae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Butterflies and moths, Burara amara, Idalus, Cosmosoma, Giant mesquite bug

Polytela is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. Species are confined to India, Sri Lanka, and Java.

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Description

Eyes hairy. Proboscis well developed. Palpi porrect and roughly scaled, where the third joint short. Antennae very simple. Thorax and abdomen without tufts and tibia without spines.

Species

  • Polytela chrysospila Walker, 1865
  • Polytela cliens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Polytela florigera GuenĂ©e, 1852
  • Polytela gloriosae (Fabricius, 1775)
  • References

    Polytela Wikipedia